Patents by Inventor Jennifer Skaggs

Jennifer Skaggs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method, apparatus, and program product for providing alternative win opportunities with wild symbols in a wagering game
    Patent number: 11043083
    Abstract: A reel-type wagering game includes at least one wild symbol in the game symbol set. The wild symbol or symbols may appear at multiple game symbol locations across an array of game symbol locations through which results are shown for a play in the game, and may assist in forming winning combinations of game symbols along pay lines. Wild symbols that appear in the array of game symbols for a play of the game, but do not contribute to any winning combination along a pay line, represent noncontributing wild symbols which may provide an alternate winning result for the given play of the wagering game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Everi Games Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Neal Harrelson, Jennifer Skaggs, Michael Casey
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE WIN OPPORTUNITIES WITH WILD SYMBOLS IN A WAGERING GAME
    Publication number: 20190371131
    Abstract: A reel-type wagering game includes at least one wild symbol in the game symbol set. The wild symbol or symbols may appear at multiple game symbol locations across an array of game symbol locations through which results are shown for a play in the game, and may assist in forming winning combinations of game symbols along pay lines. Wild symbols that appear in the array of game symbols for a play of the game, but do not contribute to any winning combination along a pay line, represent noncontributing wild symbols which may provide an alternate winning result for the given play of the wagering game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Everi Games Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Neal Harrelson, Jennifer Skaggs, Michael Casey
  • Method, apparatus, and program product for providing alternative win opportunities with wild symbols in a wagering game
    Patent number: 10388117
    Abstract: A reel-type wagering game includes at least one wild symbol in the game symbol set. The wild symbol or symbols may appear at multiple game symbol locations across an array of game symbol locations through which results are shown for a play in the game, and may assist in forming winning combinations of game symbols along pay lines. Wild symbols that appear in the array of game symbols for a play of the game, but do not contribute to any winning combination along a pay line, represent noncontributing wild symbols which may provide an alternate winning result for the given play of the wagering game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Everi Games, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Neal Harrelson, Jennifer Skaggs, Michael Casey
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE WIN OPPORTUNITIES WITH WILD SYMBOLS IN A WAGERING GAME
    Publication number: 20170278357
    Abstract: A reel-type wagering game includes at least one wild symbol in the game symbol set. The wild symbol or symbols may appear at multiple game symbol locations across an array of game symbol locations through which results are shown for a play in the game, and may assist in forming winning combinations of game symbols along pay lines. Wild symbols that appear in the array of game symbols for a play of the game, but do not contribute to any winning combination along a pay line, represent noncontributing wild symbols which may provide an alternate winning result for the given play of the wagering game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Everi Games Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Neal Harrelson, Jennifer Skaggs, Michael Casey
  • Method, apparatus, and program product for providing alternative win opportunities with wild symbols in a wagering game
    Patent number: 9679445
    Abstract: A reel-type wagering game includes at least one wild symbol in the game symbol set. The wild symbol or symbols may appear at multiple game symbol locations across an array of game symbol locations through which results are shown for a play in the game, and may assist in forming winning combinations of game symbols along pay lines. Wild symbols that appear in the array of game symbols for a play of the game, but do not contribute to any winning combination along a pay line, represent noncontributing wild symbols which may provide an alternate winning result for the given play of the wagering game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Everi Games Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Neal Harrelson, Jennifer Skaggs, Michael Casey
  • METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE WIN OPPORTUNITIES WITH WILD SYMBOLS IN A WAGERING GAME
    Publication number: 20150379805
    Abstract: A reel-type wagering game includes at least one wild symbol in the game symbol set. The wild symbol or symbols may appear at multiple game symbol locations across an array of game symbol locations through which results are shown for a play in the game, and may assist in forming winning combinations of game symbols along pay lines. Wild symbols that appear in the array of game symbols for a play of the game, but do not contribute to any winning combination along a pay line, represent noncontributing wild symbols which may provide an alternate winning result for the given play of the wagering game.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Eric Neal Harrelson, Jennifer Skaggs, Michael Casey